in a recent effort to entice me back to meetings, an elder friend gave me the example of his dad.. he said that his pioneer/elder/ex-missionary dad went through the anticipation and disappointment of 1975 and yet, he kept going faithfully for decades afterwards.
the obvious point was that, if his dad can deal with disappointment, then, surely a nobody like me could do the same in regards to the scrapping of the 1914 generation doctrine, and all the other changes.
his 'encouragement' was to tell me that it was only me that felt like this, everyone else is fine and have no problems with the changes.
1975 was supposed to be year 6000 of the 7th creative day. So the 1000 year reign HAD to start then to maintain the time table.
I Think a lot of it is habit, along with social networks.
Right now 1914 generation is "explained "word for word from the WT but they start on 3rd base with erroneous assumptions about 607bc-- remember the public WT that said maybe the Bible record missed dates of kings so you cannot count back and get to 607.
this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
Simonsez
Some of us have family in hospital jobs. We know there is covid, also hear of the missteps that happen. People are avoiding doctors because there is the restriction and the hoops to jump through.
Where I live the cases are going up. We are not told what test is used, ages, co morbidity,; one TV station did mention that the number of deaths are those who have covid but died from something else it, .
back in the first century we read that the apostles would "lay their hands" on someone and the holy spirit would be imparted to that one.
appointments of older men were made in this way - at that time.
in modern times the wts has claimed that their own elders ,min.
A long time gone friend said all that was missing was the cigars.
They have explanations for the USSR getting in spies, nepotism, philandering , you name it. None if them make sense
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-justice-sworn-in/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dylevocee10.
Sarcasm anyone? Even Ginsberg said the president holds office for all 4 years.
I half expect a challenge to her appointment.
hello all - no 2020 midweek meeting content has been published yet.
anyone know or hear of what will be changed for 2020 due to the pandemic?
even my pimi family (i am pimo) is scratching their heads wondering why we are still reviewing content from 2017-2019 that talk about all the future plans, field service, etc etc etc....that have all been derailed due to covid-19.
Waiting for the election. Then we will know if the world is screwed or if the world is screwed.
Maybe a big announcement was made at the annual meeting.
To much to hope for zoom to continue forever. No tie, ice cream, nap; just wake up enough to giggle at the announcements
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-justice-sworn-in/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dylevocee10.
Will she recuse herself when the question of appointnents comes up?
The constitution clearly states that every 4 years a president is elected for a 3 year term and all congress votes on judges
i've been out of the loop for a while so some things have passed me by.
so i'm curious how jw's are affected by the covid virus.
are they still preaching or having meetings etc?.
Doc
You have to know how to get time in. Write a letter. Time it. Then run it off and count piece work.
i've just been introduced to this site by a pimo friend of mine.
this will be my first post on this website.
i need help, and he told me you guys are a very supportive community.. i'm a female in my mid twenties.
Your dad may be able to tell your mother you will stay home depending in his views and your mothers a actual views on headship.
Not wanting to live with someone is not wrong, there are good reasons for marriage first.
You will get through this, remenber suicide us a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Find someone you can confide in, health providers, friends, workmates. Be aware that non professionals are limited in wisdom. For that matter professional s too
Good luck
a lot of countries are on the side of eliminating the oil industry altogether as well as zero-emission alternatives like nuclear power.. in the us, biden has promised to eliminate all federal lands oil production when he takes power in 2021 (30% of the united states) as well as native american tribal lands which account for 8 percent of all oil, 9 percent of all natural gas, and 6 percent of all natural gas liquids from 96,000 wells (10% of the total wells in the us).. in europe, oil and gas production has been largely eliminated except for the nordic countries and the uk (which the eu recently lost access to), germany is funding a major oil pipeline as is china from russia and russian-controlled portions of ukraine, even after trump cut off all builders from russian oil pipelines, the russian government is now trying to build the pipeline themselves with potential disastrous results.. venezuela's economy collapsed largely due to the government taking over and eliminating the oil industry companies.. in the mean time, control for most non-us energy sources is now wholly dependent on russian and middle eastern governments.. california and germany eliminated oil-based energy sources and now mandate 30% of their power from 'green' wind and solar alternatives.
germany energy costs now hover around 25c/kwh and california is not far behind with 16c/kwh both experiencing rolling blackouts in major cities and importing 60% of mostly coal and gas energy from their neighbors.. the world currently has 300 years worth of oil at the current rates of usage which have stagnated due to improved efficiencies.
co2 emissions in the us have dropped in the last 3 years for the first time in decades despite (or because) reduced oil and gas regulations.. do you think given the above facts, eliminating the oil industry is a good thing?
So far the US has enough fossil to ignore the mid east. Dont forget all the plastic, chemicals and stuff that comes from petroleum
Importing electric to keep green just moves the problem to someone else.
when i was a jw i would look to the bible or the wt society to answer all of my problems.. now as an older person i get cold in the wintertime and have trouble getting warm down to bad circulation.
i found an answer in the bible at 1 kings 1:2, but i don't think my pimi wife will let me apply this bible principle.
lol.
Workmate had the right perspective on that. " how terrible a thing to do to a girl, smelly lecherous old man, and then not even being allowed to marry after"
The shiningiest example they use, too, for every man to strive for. Along with Paul's hatred of marriage and lack of sex drive
